Prickly Pear Granita

• 10 prickly pears
• Juice of 1 orange
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1/4 cup sugar

1. Peel the skin from prickly pears (wear plastic gloves).
2. Slice the flesh into pieces, then gently push the pear flesh through a medium-holed sieve, pressing the flesh and juice with a wooden spoon or spatula into a bowl, leaving the seeds behind in the sieve.
3. You should have about 2 cups juice.
4. Mix the orange juice, lemon juice, and sugar into the prickly-pearjuice in a bowl, stirring until the sugar dissolves.
5. Pour the granita juice into an 8-inch square metal pan (or a similar size; you want the granita to be an inch deep or less).
6. Cover, and freeze the granita until crystals begin to form on the sides of the pan, about 30 minutes.
7. Stir and scrape crystals and granita, breaking up any solid parts with a fork.
8. Freeze until firm, scraping mixture with fork every 30 minutes to form icy crystals.
9. To serve, scrape granita into chilled serving glasses.

pears, orange, lemon, sugar

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/prickly-pear-granita-385219 (may not work)